Load Fields on a Form with Button Click?

I have fields in a word document template that I would like to allow the user
to fill in. Then with a button click, I would like to copy the data from
those fields that the user filled in to other areas (fields) on the same form
to be used as prompts for additional input. I can read the user inputs from
the initial bookmarked fields with the

dim x as string
ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("fred").select
x=Selection.text

I cannot see how to load another field with the x text

Something like :
ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("fred1").select
Selection.text=x

This removes the fred1 bookmark and the associated field.

Anne
Mon Sep 19 19:50:01 CDT 2005

You don't need a button click. You can just use cross-references to the
existing bookmarks, though you could use the button click to update the
cross-refs. See:
http://www.officearticles.com/word/create_a_reference_to_a_bookmark_in_microsoft_word.htm
The bookmark doesn't HAVE to be a form field, but I understand it's much
easier this way. :)
************
Anne Troy
www.OfficeArticles.com

"tmk" <tmk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1B3FC81D-5E06-40F8-8293-B9A49281A250@microsoft.com...
>I have fields in a word document template that I would like to allow the
>user
> to fill in. Then with a button click, I would like to copy the data from
> those fields that the user filled in to other areas (fields) on the same
> form
> to be used as prompts for additional input. I can read the user inputs
> from
> the initial bookmarked fields with the
>
> dim x as string
> ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("fred").select
> x=Selection.text
>
> I cannot see how to load another field with the x text
>
> Something like :
> ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("fred1").select
> Selection.text=x
>
> This removes the fred1 bookmark and the associated field.
>
>

tmk
Tue Sep 20 10:59:07 CDT 2005

Anne,

This solved my problem. Now I have one more question:

I have a button that initializes the form using

ActiveDocument.ResetFormFields

This resets my form to the initial values, but the cross referenced fields
are not reset. Is there a way to force the "Calculate on exit" that would
reset the cross referenced fields?

Thanks for your help!!


"Anne Troy" wrote:

> You don't need a button click. You can just use cross-references to the
> existing bookmarks, though you could use the button click to update the
> cross-refs. See:
> http://www.officearticles.com/word/create_a_reference_to_a_bookmark_in_microsoft_word.htm
> The bookmark doesn't HAVE to be a form field, but I understand it's much
> easier this way. :)
> ************
> Anne Troy
> www.OfficeArticles.com
>
> "tmk" <tmk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1B3FC81D-5E06-40F8-8293-B9A49281A250@microsoft.com...
> >I have fields in a word document template that I would like to allow the
> >user
> > to fill in. Then with a button click, I would like to copy the data from
> > those fields that the user filled in to other areas (fields) on the same
> > form
> > to be used as prompts for additional input. I can read the user inputs
> > from
> > the initial bookmarked fields with the
> >
> > dim x as string
> > ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("fred").select
> > x=Selection.text
> >
> > I cannot see how to load another field with the x text
> >
> > Something like :
> > ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("fred1").select
> > Selection.text=x
> >
> > This removes the fred1 bookmark and the associated field.
> >
> >
>
>
>

Jay
Tue Sep 20 11:14:47 CDT 2005

I haven't tried this to check it, but following the ResetFormFields with

ActiveDocument.Fields.Update

should do it.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

tmk wrote:
> Anne,
>
> This solved my problem. Now I have one more question:
>
> I have a button that initializes the form using
>
> ActiveDocument.ResetFormFields
>
> This resets my form to the initial values, but the cross referenced
> fields are not reset. Is there a way to force the "Calculate on
> exit" that would reset the cross referenced fields?
>
> Thanks for your help!!
>
>
> "Anne Troy" wrote:
>
>> You don't need a button click. You can just use cross-references to
>> the existing bookmarks, though you could use the button click to
>> update the cross-refs. See:
>>
http://www.officearticles.com/word/create_a_reference_to_a_bookmark_in_microsoft_word.htm
>> The bookmark doesn't HAVE to be a form field, but I understand it's
>> much easier this way. :)
>> ************
>> Anne Troy
>> www.OfficeArticles.com
>>
>> "tmk" <tmk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:1B3FC81D-5E06-40F8-8293-B9A49281A250@microsoft.com...
>>> I have fields in a word document template that I would like to
>>> allow the user
>>> to fill in. Then with a button click, I would like to copy the
>>> data from those fields that the user filled in to other areas
>>> (fields) on the same form
>>> to be used as prompts for additional input. I can read the user
>>> inputs from
>>> the initial bookmarked fields with the
>>>
>>> dim x as string
>>> ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("fred").select
>>> x=Selection.text
>>>
>>> I cannot see how to load another field with the x text
>>>
>>> Something like :
>>> ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("fred1").select
>>> Selection.text=x
>>>
>>> This removes the fred1 bookmark and the associated field.